1990s These Jeff Spicoli-esque characters in this 1997 Carl's Jr. commercial share how they invented the lava lamp while high on life Popkin
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happy mutants Judenstaat: an alternate history in which a Jewish state is created in east Germany in 1948 Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Coming in November: Pirate Utopia, a novella by Bruce Sterling with an intro by Warren Ellis Cory Doctorow
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books Republicans no longer seeking to ban individual books go after the whole library Jason Weisberger
happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn